38 GENERAL HISTORY. 



time, on observing which he is reported to have exclaimed, " Good-bye pomol- 

 ogy and pomological fairs, peaches, pears, apples and grapes, farewell all!"" 



While the extreme cold of December 24th was passing over the State the 

 lowest extreme at Ganges, Allegan county, near lake Michigan, was — 15°, 

 eight degrees lower than ever before experienced. At Saugatuck, in the 

 the valley of the Kalamazoo river, the lowtst was — 12'-' to — 14°. At Spring 

 Lake, a nearly level region, five miles from Lake Michigan, on January 28th 

 the lowest was — lO*^. At South Haven the lowest during the winter was — 18'^, 

 the lowest by two degrees that had occurred since the settlement of the 

 place, At Monroe, on Lake Erie, the lowest was on December 23d, — 12*^, and 

 on January 2?th, — 27'^. The difference between Lansing, in the central por- 

 tion of the State, and the immediate vicinity of Lake Michigan is thus shown 

 to be from fourteen to nineteen degrees. 



The State Pomological Society convened in the Capitol at Lansing on Jan- 

 uary 21st to 23d, 1873. 



A very large and creditable display of fruits was made. 



The president called for reports of fruit prospects, which were reported 

 favorable, except in the case of 'peaches, which were reported to be a good 

 deal injured except near Lake Michigan, or on elevated locations. 



The society then listened to the inaugural address of President Dyckman, 

 in which he gave a general view of the advantages of Michigan as a fruit 

 producing State, spoke encouragingly of the prosfiect for a pomological ex- 

 hibit at the next tstate fair, of the desirability of a good display of our pomo- 

 logical products at the Vienna exposition and also at the approaching cen- 

 tennial^ of the necessity of the appointment of a State entomologist, and 

 many other matters of interest. 



On January 24th, 1873, the memorial asking the appointment of a State 

 entomologist, numerously signed, accompanied by a mass of evidence show- 

 ing great and general need of such appointment, was presented to the House 

 of Kepresentatives by Hon. H. A. Shaw, of Eaton county, but no effective 

 action was had upon the matter by either branch of the Legislature. 



Thi^ was followed by T. T. Lyon, who considered some of the difficulties 

 and needs of the citizen, the commercial fruit grower, the amateur and the 

 farmer, together with a consideration of the mission of the society in provid- 

 ing for them. 



Treasurer S. L. Fuller next appealed to the audience for memberships, as 

 the only means available to the society for securing the means to meet its 

 expenses. 



A letter was read from Judge H. H. Emmons, of Detroit, then holding a 

 session of the United States Circuit Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, express- 

 ing sympathy with the objects of the society, and regret at his inability to 

 be present and address the society. 



A letter was read from Myron H. Norton, of Smyrna, Ionia county, eulo- 

 gizing the Baldwin and Wagener apples and recommending that they occupy 

 places at the head of the revised list. 



President Abbot, of the Agricultural College, was introduced and stated 

 that he had ordered the college teams sent down in the afternoon to take out 

 such members of the society as would like to visit the institution, at the 

 same time explaining some of the difficulties with which it had to contend. 

 The invitation to visit the college was accepted. 



On Wednesday evening Professor Cook read a paper on the history and 



